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What does Leviticus 24:21 mean?
"He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death."
— Leviticus 24:21 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.
He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh your God.’”
Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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